\begin{abstract}
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Nuclear fusion environment is strongly constrained by several factors such as
the active radiation, high temperatures, dimensions and weights of the
components, that forces the design to consider Remote Handling technologies (RH)
as a feasible strategy to operate such facilities.
Nuclear fusion as energy source will request the development of several RH
technologies that can be independent or remote operated by an user.

Future fusion energy plants similar to the Demonstration Power Plant (DEMO) will
require an exceptional RH system to perform supervision and maintenance
activities. Such tasks play a critical role in the overall management of a
nuclear power plant.

Since it could avoid unexpected shutdowns, maintenance delays, etc., RH
technologies have been successfully used in fission hot cells for a long time
and in the Joint European Torus (JET) tokamak maintenance for more than 10
years. Besides, it has improved the personnel safety by restricting
radiation exposures and increased the availability of the machine by
using hardened equipment to resist the critical operational conditions.

In this paper the requirements and features of the remote handling systems in
nuclear fusion environment are discussed.
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\end{abstract}

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% Telerobotics, remote handling, nuclear fusion environment.
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